Httpwatch and wireshark差异分析

-Differences between the Httpwatch and wireshark

Compared with Wireshark, Httpwatch has its own

advantages on capturing.

1. Different Properties

Httpwatch is integrated in the IE toolbar.Now the

Firefox browser can also combat this tool. Wireshark

is a more professional software for analyzing network packet. It can also analyze and capture the content of network data without other platforms or systems.

2. Different Function

The features of Httpwatch running in IE include the

summary of web pages, the management of cookies

and cache, character searching, report output and so on. In fact, the process is a millisecond compression

of HTTP. While Wireshark shows the most detailed

network packet content by filtering. W hat’s more, the

content can be converted to hexadecimal for

analyzing.

3. Different Capturing Content

Httpwatch can only run on IE program, and it is

designed to capture the HTTP, HTTPS. Wireshark

can obtain not only HTTP but also HTTPS. However, Wireshark has no access to decrypt the HTTPS.

Certainly both two softwares can only view the

packet, which have no access to modify or send the

contents of the packet.